NEF in Nebraska – Discussing Data Center Development

Earlier in the summer, NEF traveled to Nebraska where the team met with clients, watched the College World Series, visited the Union Pacific railroad, and witnessed construction for Facebook’s newest data center right outside of Omaha. The impetus for the trip was an invitation to speak at the Greater Omaha…

AWS 101: Understanding the World’s Largest Cloud Platform

Common AWS Questions Despite AWS’s unparalleled presence in the IaaS space, companies have many questions regarding the world’s largest cloud-based platform. The most common questions revolve around Regions and Availability Zones, which are essential to understanding how to craft successful applications on AWS. Regions AWS is comprised of 42 “Availability…

The Rise of DevOps

In an enterprise climate where speed and scalability are key, traditional IT models are challenged to keep up with modern organizational, network and end-user requirements. On top of this challenge, siloing software development and IT teams can hinder progress, dilute results and prevent each department from having a strategic impact…

CenturyLink Sells Colo Business

Does CenturyLink’s Colocation Business Sale Herald a Shift in Data Centers? CenturyLink’s divestiture of its colocation services and Verizon’s deal with Equinix would both seem to indicate the move of telecommunications carriers to purchase data centers may have been a losing bet. While Zayo presents a more complete offering with…

What Is Uptime? “Uptime” defines the percentage of time a particular system is operational. In IT, it is one of the most vital metrics associated with the performance of mission-critical systems. The higher the uptime, the more available and better-performing the system. A lower uptime indicates a less…